Extremely irresponsible, to the point where Newsweek could be held accountable for anything that happens to this man or his family. How did his home, license plate serve this story? I'll admit that it's interesting to know his background and what he studied and the beliefs he holds that led him to create bitcoin, but those things could still largely preserve his anonymity. This makes him sound pretty bad-ass: Descended from Samurai and the son of a Buddhist priest
At a time when people involved in Bitcoin are turning up dead, I wonder whether the journalist gave any thought to this before telling us his identity, where he lives, what his car looks like and the names of all his family. This could have been done more carefully.
I haven't kept up with the latest news - sources on people being involved with Bitcoin being dead?
I was thinking of this: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/uk-bitcoin-death-idUKBREA250H120140306 There doesn't seem to be evidence of anything other than suicide, though some people are asking questions given all the funny business around Bitcoin these days.
I'm sure those people heavily involved in the world's first viable alternative to nationalized currencies have nothing to worry about. I mean it's not like all the madmen with whole black ops armies at their disposal are heavily invested in controlling the world's currencies! .....wait....